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Dear #UtahRotary,
We have just completed our first two months of the Rotary year. Your club presidents should be settling into the groove now and hopefully your club has clearly identified and defined strategies for accomplishing the Power of One Campaign.
If your club has not discussed this yet or you do not know what your club strategies are for accomplishing the Power of One Campaign, please reach out to your club President and ask that this be discussed ASAP.
I have begun my club visits and I am blown away by the passion, excitement, and dedication of the Utah Rotarians I have had the honor of meeting so far. We are truly blessed to live in such a great state and associate with such amazing people. #UtahRotary is made up of true People of Action. And when People of Action come together, there is no limit to what they can accomplish. They will even eradicate polio!
On September 9th we will have the opportunity to gather at the #UtahRotary All-Clubs Black Tie & Boots gala. I would love to see all of you there. I realize this will not be possible but it sure would be great. We are going to celebrate #UtahRotary, we are going to highlight what some of our clubs are doing for the 9/11 National Day of Service and, we will here from our new Rotary International Director, Dan Himelspach.
This will be an opportunity for your club to complete the engagement aspect of the Power of One Campaign and more importantly an opportunity for you to associate with other Utah Rotarians and enjoy a great evening.
As always, let me say thank you. Thank you for all that you are doing to Create Hope in the World. Remember it all comes down to the Power of One.
John Redd
Utah Rotary District Governor 2023-2024
dgjohnredd@utahrotary.org
#UtahRotary
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The Power of Personally Recruiting One New Member/Year
It is imperative for Utah Rotary District 5420 club members to actively recruit one new member each year as Rotary, at its core, thrives on collective service-driven efforts.
By expanding our membership annually, we fortify our ability to undertake impactful service projects that benefit communities across Utah and beyond.
As we embrace the principle of Service Above Self, increasing our ranks ensures a sustainable reservoir of passionate individuals committed to the Rotary mission.
Therefore, making recruitment a high priority this year and encouraging everyone to partake in member recruitment endeavors not only bolsters our organization but also magnifies our capacity to make a positive difference in the lives of those we serve.
Brent Parkin
Rotary 5420 District Membership Chair
801-698-5444 cell
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Black Tie & Boots All Clubs Gala
The Social Event of the Year
Attention all Rotarians, Spouses, Significant others, Friends, Guests, and Potential Members
You are cordially invited to attend a night of glamour, fun, and fellowship. Join Governor Redd and other distinguished guests for an unforgettable evening. Hurry and click RESERVE NOW to secure your limited seating spot.
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The District 5420 “Black Tie and Boots" All-Clubs Gala will be held on Saturday, September 9 at the Davis Conference Center, 1651 N. 700 West in Layton beginning with a social hour from 6-7 p.m. Dinner and a program will begin at 7 p.m.
Suggested dress for men is "Cowboy Formal" which includes black or blue levis, cowboy hat, boots and a bow tie OR your tuxedo. Gals … you are encouraged to wear a summer dress and boots OR match your cowboy or whatever gives you a cowgirl vibe … OR go all out and come in your formal attire!
This is a qualifying event for the Club of the Year, so Governor Redd has invited a designated number of “cowboys and cowgirls” from each club to attend based on membership.
This affordable affair – just $40 per person - is certain to be the social event of the Rotary year so dust of your boots and get ready for the fashion, festivities, food and fun! Reserve Now.
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Millcreek Rotary's Wine into Water
Fundraiser is Thursday, Sept. 7
Wine into Water, Millcreek Rotary's annual fundraiser at the Tracy Aviary, will be held Thursday, September 7 from 5:30-7:30 pm. Proceeds from this popular annual event help support clean water projects locally and internationally.
Stroll the grounds of the Tracy Aviary and taste different kinds of wine on a lovely summer evening. Enjoy hors d'oeuvres and entertainment. There will be opportunity drawings and a soda bar. Tickets are $75 each and can be purchased by scanning the QR code.
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International Service Projects
Congratulations Washington City! New Opportunity in Africa!
Also thank you to Spanish Fork Rotary for choosing to do the “Box Trailer to be a Rural Public Library” in Baja California with the Los Barriles Rotary Club. Now all eight projects offered are being done!
Questions? Email Jerry Summerhays SummerhaysGS@gmail.com
District International Service Chair
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Washington City Rotary
Donates Desks
Utah’s Washington City Rotary Club joined, the Uwara Guatemala and Madison Wisconsin South Rotary Clubs to purchase 144 desks for school in Miguel Petapa near Guatemala City.
One of the students wrote, “Many thanks for the donated desks. They will help me focus more on my studies. I will be able to have a better future.”
Washington City Rotary has offered to do more projects with the Satellite Rotary Club of Uwara.
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Buy Sewing Machines for a Refugee Camp with the Nakivale Uganda Rotaract Club
The Rotaract Club of Nakivale asks a Utah Club to help them with a “community tailoring skills training program” by buying sewing machines at $120 each for the Hope Training Center in the Naikivale Refugee Center in southern Uganda.
Jean Lwaboshi, Naikivale Rotaract President, says “Learning a skill will let these women and girls make their earnings to sustain their lives and family.
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President Lwaboshi can be contacted by email at jeanlwaboshi587@gmail.com.
You may ask questions of Drew Allen houndoc@aol.com of Midvalley Rotary Club, who has worked with them on several projects.
Please tell Jerry, SummerhaysGS@gmail.com if you choose this project.
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Utah-Colombia Friendship Exchange March 8-21, 2024
We are working with Past District Governor’s Sonia Uribe and Alberto Londoño to visit Medellin, Columbia. Our trip to their beautiful country includes:
- Twelve days visiting Medellin, Cartagena, Bucaramanga, San Andrés, Zipaquirá y la ciudad Capital Bogotá
- Rotary Service projects with the local clubs, activities with the community and tour beautiful locations
- Spend time with Rotarians, learn about the whole process of coffee, enjoy the warmth of the people of Colombia
- Be immersed in the culture of Colombia
The group is limited to 25 travelers. A US Passport is required to travel. Details regarding cost will be available by September 10th.
The waiting list is open, and it is important to add your name in NOW! To add your name on the waiting list, please individually complete the registration link.
Past District Governor Jose Velasco
801-706-8158
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A Letter from Mark Merriam, District Governor, 2023-24
Rotary Club of Metropolitan Honolulu
Aloha
Today, August 9, has been a tragic day for our Rotarians, families and friends on the Island of Maui. The fires across the island have changed lives forever. Truly devastating. Our sympathy, thoughts and prayers are with everyone impacted.
As people of action, we can take immediate action. As we come together to recover and rebuild, we need to support each other. We need to Create Hope for Maui.
Through our Rotary District 5000 Foundation, a relief fund has been established. Foundation President Dave Hamil and Treasurer Sharon Amano will handle all donations. The Rotary District 5000 Foundation is a 501c3 organization and all donations are considered charitable.
A committee will be organized shortly to find the greatest needs for distribution of monies. Monies will be used to make the largest impact based on needs and will be sustainable. A single fund will be the most helpful over time to provide the greatest significant benefits.
Click here to Donate Now
Please also widely share this opportunity to help. Contact me anytime for additional information.
Stay safe, take care and mahalo as we Create Hope for Maui.
Mark Merriam, District 5000 Governor 2023-24
Rotary Club of Metropolitan Honolulu
mark.rotary@outlook.com
(808) 381-5504
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Why I Quit Rotary
I have been a member of Rotary twice, but a member of only one club. I joined Rotary at the invitation of a good neighbor. At first, the association with other good men and women with the opportunity to learn new things was sufficient to keep me active. I contributed a few dollars to eradicate polio and felt like I was “doing good”. After a time, another opportunity came to help my community and as I had no particular responsibility in the club: I quit Rotary.
My situation changed a few years later. Another good neighbor, again, asked me a number of times to come back to Rotary. It was enjoyable the first time, but I felt no commitment and not really needed. After a number of invitations, I decided to come back.
I was amazed to discover they were still talking about one of the same community projects and how to get it going. Maybe I felt more comfortable the second time as a member, but this time I did not wait for a responsibility to be given me. Instead, I took the lead on the languishing project and with the help of many completed it. In doing so, I learned two important motivational principles.
Number one, everyone needs to feel needed.
Number two, accomplishing good motivates us to do more.
The Foundation has now motivated me to continue “to do good” for the last thirty years as a member of Rotary for the second time.
Do you want to feel needed?
Take on a project, a grant or a mentorship. Rotary is a great place to do it. Commit to support the Rotary Foundation. Governor Redd has asked us each to contribute just one dollar more than our largest donation. Feel needed. Feel the motivation that comes from truly “doing good in the world.”
Bruce Powell
Utah Rotary District Foundation Chair
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The Rotary Foundation
Annual Fund
What Is It?
The Annual Fund is the main funding source for Foundation programs such as district and global grants. Fifty percent (50%) of everything we give to the Rotary Foundation comes back after three years as district designated funds to support these programs. That's one reason we like to call it "our foundation" because it is largely member funded. I
n 2021-2022, the annual fund provided 478 district grants, 207 disaster response grants and 1,199 global grants totaling $110 million.
You can give to the Rotary Foundation knowing that over 90% goes to program awards and operations, earning a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator.
You can also give to the effort to end Polio which is now endemic to only Afghanistan and Pakistan. Every dollar donated is matched 2:1 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
There are many ways you can give. The simplest is to sign up for Rotary Direct where you can make a one-time or recurring donation. Some clubs also invoice members for voluntary contributions to TRF. Check with your club foundation chair and they can help you.
Your district Annual Fund Sub-committee is a resource to help you meet and/or increase your club's giving goals to The Rotary Foundation. Over the rest of the year, we'll be exploring different topics to help you gain a better understanding.
As one Past District Governor once said, "Give until it feels good!"
Scott Florence
Annual Fund Sub-Committee Chair
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Your Club Can Win $1,000
Partner to Double Your Impact on 9/11
To commemorate the National Day of Service, Governor John Redd, 2023-24 District 5420 Governor, has secured a $1,000 grant for a Utah Rotary club that performs the most impactful service project in conjunction with the National Day of Service. The award can be used in any way the club deems appropriate to promote Rotary and the club.
To be eligible to compete for the grant, the club must meet the following requirements:
- The club must be a certified Rotary club or satellite club in Utah Rotary, including a Rotaract club.
- The club must complete an application with the details of their project. The form will be distributed to Utah Rotary Club Presidents in an upcoming Utah Rotary Digest issue.
- The club must partner with another organization, such as JustServe.org, Lions, Kiwanis, or an NGO.
- The winning club will be judged on the impact of the project on the community and the constituents it seeks to serve, the sustainability of the project, and the publicity and exposure the project generates for Rotary.
- The winning club must have a minimum of four people in attendance at the All-Club Gala event to be eligible to win the award.
- The project must be performed on or before September 16th of this year.
- The club must provide additional follow-up information after the project has been completed upon the request of the District Governor.
- If more than one Rotary club joins together to do a project, the award will be divided between the two clubs evenly.
The award will be presented to the club by Governor Redd on or before September 30th, 2023.
John Redd
Utah Rotary District Governor 2023-2024
#UtahRotary
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What Will You Do on World Polio Day?
World Polio Day on Tuesday, October 24 is a day set aside for Rotary members, public health advocates, and all who want a world free from polio to come together, recognize our progress in the fight to end polio, and talk about the actions we need to take to end polio finally and forever.
What will your club do to commemorate World Polio Day?
Will you throw your club president out of an airplane or another – but equally significant - event to highlight Rotary’s progress in eradicating only the 2nd human disease in history (after small pox)? Host a concert? A walk, ride, run or cycling event? Flood your local media – social and otherwise – with the good news about how close we are to the endgame in this 35+ year fight? Create a “Raise for Rotary” online fundraiser? Write a letter to the editor of your local paper? Sign up 100% of your club members for the Polio Plus Society? Or something even “bigger, better and bolder?”
Let’s not let October 24 go by without letting our communities know how close we are to making polio “ancient history!” Find logos, photos, videos, and other resources in RI’s Brand Center … or on the EndPolioNow.org website.
There’s still time to plan something interesting, informative, and fun!
Linda Sappington
Past District Governor, 2021-2022
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Donate to PDG Sandi's Ride to NoWhere
Join PDG Sandi Schwartz on her 6th Annual “Ride to NoWhere” on October 24th when she rides her 100 mile century on her Peloton.
By using the QR code here, go to her page on Raise for Rotary and your donation will be applied to your individual account at The Rotary Foundation.
Her goal is to raise $5,000. and with the Gates 2:1 match, the skies the limit - just do the math!
"I dedicate my ride to all of the workers
who put their lives at risk
to give those two life saving drops
to the children of the world."
Past District Governor Sandi Schwartz
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RI Convention in Singapore
May 25-29, 2024
Singapore's first prime minister became known as the "Chief Gardener" for his vision of the city's green future. Today, the merging of nature and ultra-modern cityscape is an example of the 2024 Rotary Convention city's frequent self-reinvention. Check out the September issue of Rotary magazine to find out why Singapore's shape-shifting is key to its success. Register for the convention and experience it for yourself.
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Get ideas, support other clubs! Send your service projects & fundraisers to
Newsletter Editor Lola Beatlebrox for this monthly section of the newsletter.
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Park City Sunrise Rotarians, their families and friends enjoyed an evening train ride on the Heber Valley Railroad. After a box dinner by Done to Your Taste Catering, caterer to the rich and famous including us, they marveled at the scenery along the Wasatch Mountains and Deer Creek Reservoir.
The club also provided meals for 40 teens at the homeless youth facility of Volunteers of America. This monthly activity involves a dozen Rotarians who make a nutritious meal and serve it at the Salt Lake VOA teen shelter.
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The Cedar City Rotary Club focused on fellowship in August, culminating in a “Pastabilities of Rotary” dinner. For this dinner, each member was encouraged to bring a guest so they could meet other Rotarians and learn about the amazing things this organization does. Mix-and-mingle games allowed everyone to get to know each other better, and four of the guests are now prospective members. We had a great time, and are always excited for the opportunity to share Rotary with others! | | |
St. George Rotary Club’s August began with a visit from DG John Redd, his first club presentation in RY2023-24. Mid-month, we celebrated the restoration of the firepit at Worthen Park – originally built in1948 by long ago St. George Rotarians – with a potluck lunch (like early Rotarians would have had 75 years ago) and a short speech by St. George City mayor followed by the placement of a new brass plaque recognizing Rotary’s 2023 efforts to preserve this history. The same evening the community was invited to a club-hosted “Cookies with Candidates” event to hear from many of 18 running for a spot on the St. George City Council. | | |
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Rotary International Youth Exchange Students! Bountiful Rotary Club welcomed our student from Mexico and sends off one of our students to Austria.
What an adventure for them, their host families, and the opportunity to create peace and goodwill to all those around them. Good Luck!
District Governor John Redd gave his "home club" an incredible presentation and we also helped assemble the Turtle Shelter's warm vests for the homeless.
It's been a great month!
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The Murray Rotary Club served more than 1000 pancake w/ sausage and drink breakfasts from sunrise to start time of the Murray July 4th parade. This yearly event raises funds for club service projects. Thirty hard-working Rotarians made this event happen by rising early and staying late. In August Murray Rotary organized a Blood Drive with the American Red Cross. With a dozen Rotarians and half a dozen volunteers who signed up through 'Just Serve', the blood drive helped fill a critical late summer shortage of blood for area hospitals. | | |
The Richfield Rotary Club made several donations for Snow College Scholarships—hole sponsor to Snow Richfield wrestling golf tournament on September 8 in Richfield and the Snow Alumni golf tournament, September 12 at Oak Ridge in Sandy. We also donated $4000 to the Snow Richfield Scholarship Dinner on September 27th at the Sevier Valley Center in Richfield. | | |
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New Executive Director Will Craven told members of the Washington City Rotary Club the St. George Children’s Museum in Southern Utah is better than it’s ever been and will be expanding even more over the coming months.
The museum provides an exceptional learning experience through play for all children who walk through its doors to frolic with dinosaurs or enjoy other exhibits that provide interactive activities for the youngsters.
Craven says some displays are being enhanced and other exciting exhibits are in the works including a robotics club and an innovative intergalactic experience that is out of this world. Craven previously served as the interactive exhibit designer and has been the creative force behind the museum’s development and now expansion.
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The Holladay Rotary Club participated in three community events in the last month. The Junior League of Salt Lake organized a successful Community Assistance and Resource Event (CARE) Fair at West High School, held on July 28 and 29. This event provided healthcare assistance to many individuals, raising awareness about local available resources. Club members also lent their support to the Universal Closet annual event at South Davis Junior High School in Bountiful, which also benefits our goal to organize a winter coat drive for kids later this year. We rounded off the month supporting the popular Blue Moon Festival on August 26 where club members contributed their time to make the event a success. | | |
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What happens when three Rotary Clubs rally on the airwaves to raise money for a beloved radio station? The Park City Rotary Club, Park City Sunrise, and Park City Twilight raised $36,675! Volunteer Rotarians ended Park City’s KPCW Summer pledge drive with shout outs, laughter, and unabashed plugs for Rotary International and the local Rotary service projects. KPCW has been a valued media outlet in Park City for 30 years, providing news, emergency information, great music, and a fun place for volunteers to be DJs. Thousands of residents in Summit and Wasatch County answered the call because, like Rotarians, the NPR-affiliated station exists to serve.
The three clubs also collaborated on a cleanup of Park City's Rotary Park. A popular venue for weddings, birthdays and family gatherings, Rotary Park need a great deal of cleanup after the enormous snowy winter we had this year. A hearty lunch topped the event.
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The Rotary Club of Lehi has established a second Rotary Park in Lehi City. The new park memorializes the late Steve Roll who was a vibrant member of the club. He passed away in December 2021, secondary to complications related to COVID. Steve volunteered for the Lehi City Planning Commission, economic development committee, and so many others that many referred to him as “Mr. Lehi.” Steve advocated the park’s creation on city property for many years. A Sorensen Foundation Grant, facilitated by the Murray Rotary Club and PDG Jose Velasco, enabled the Club to purchase trees and shrubs valued at $15,000. Upon Steve’s passing, the city recognized the urgency of creating this park to honor him. A grand opening ceremony is in the planning stages. | | |
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September 2023
Sept. 9 All Clubs event
Sept. 11 Utah Rotary Day of Service
Sept. 21 St. George Rotary’s 10th Annual Golf Tournament
October 2023
Oct. 21 Park City Sunrise Shot Ski Fundraiser on Park City's Main St.
Oct. 24 World Polio Day - begin today to plan your project or fundraiser
November 2023
Nov. 8-12 DGE and DGN and Zone Institute in San Diego
March
March 1-3 High Country PETS in Denver (President Elects and spouses)
March 8-21 Friendship Exchange Trip to Columbia
May
May 25-29 Rotary International Convention in Singapore
June
June 10-13 RYLA in Pleasant Grove, UT.
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Lola Beatlebrox, District Newsletter Editor
Tessa Douglas, Cedar City Rotary Club
Scott Florence, Annual Fund Sub-Committee Chair
Glade R. Hamilton, Rotary Club of Lehi
Melissa Hodgson, Holladay Rotary Club
Alicia Maldonado, Washington City Rotary Club
Brent Parkin, District Membership Chair
Bruce Powell, District Foundation Chair
John Redd, Utah Rotary District Governor 2023-2024
Sandi Schwartz, Past District Governor
Linda Sappington, District Governor 2020-2021
Krista Simonsen, Bountiful Rotary Club
Jerry Summerhays, District International Service Chair
Brent Thorne, Richfield Rotary
Jim Wilcox, Murray Rotary Club
Jose Velasco, District Governor 2022-2023
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